Protesters protest outside the US Capitol in Washington, after rioters stormed the Congress building.
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The chaos in the United States Capitol on Wednesday was not the first time there has been violence in one of America's most iconic buildings.
For more than four hours, supporters of President Donald Trump occupied the Capitol in an attempt to fight the ceremonial recount of electoral votes to confirm the victory of President-elect Joe Biden.
A woman was shot in the chest and later died, DC police told CNN.
Several police officers were injured and at least one was transported to the hospital, sources told CNN.
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As of Wednesday, the Capitol has been attacked three more times: in 1814, 1954 and 1998.
Here's a look at those incidents.
The United States Capitol burns in 1814
A view of the Capitol after the British burning on August 24, 1814.
British troops attacked the Capitol on August 24, 1814, during the War of 1812, according to the Architect of the Capitol website.
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The attack was in retaliation for the Americans' burning of the Canadian capital, York, in April 1813. British troops encountered little to no resistance during the raid, according to the website.
Most of the city's population at the time fled, the website says, but "those who stayed ... witnessed a horrible sight."
"The British set fire to the main halls of the Capitol, which later housed the Library of Congress, as well as the House, Senate and Supreme Court," the website states.
"The White House, the Navy Yard, and several American warships were also burned."
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The Capitol was still under construction at the time, and most of the damage to parts of the wings was severe.
Fortunately, the building was not destroyed, the website says.
"The exterior structure survived and many of the interior spaces remained intact," says the website.
Nationalists attack the Capitol in 1954
Puerto Rican nationalists (left to right) Irving Flores Rodríguez, Rafael Cancel Miranda, Lolita Lebron and Andrés Figueroa Cordero line up in a mugshot after their arrest following a shooting attack on Capitol Hill in 1954.
Puerto Rican nationalists smuggled weapons into the Capitol and opened fire in 1954, said Samuel Holliday, director of scholarships and operations for the United States Capitol Historical Society.
The shooting took place on March 1, 1954, when representatives gathered on the House floor for an upcoming vote, according to the House Archives and History website.
Three men and one woman, all members of the Puerto Rican Nationalist Party, traveled from New York City to Washington to take their seats in the visitors' gallery above the chamber.
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The quartet then opened fire and displayed the Puerto Rican flag.
Five congressmen were injured in the shooting, the website says.
Three of the attackers were quickly detained and a fourth, who escaped from the Capitol, was taken into custody that afternoon, according to the Chamber's website.
The violent act of protest was intended to draw attention to their demand for independence from Puerto Rico, the website says.
The United States annexed it in 1898.
The nationalists received sentences ranging from 16 to 75 years in federal prison for the attack, the House website said.
More than two decades later, President Jimmy Carter granted them clemency.
Two Capitol cops were shot in 1998
Tourists leave the Capitol on stretchers after the violence and chaos caused by the shootings that claimed the lives of United States Capitol cops John Gibson and Jacob J. Chestnut.
Two Capitol cops were shot and killed on July 24, 1998, according to a history on the House of Representatives website.
An armed man with a history of mental illness passed through a security checkpoint, killing Agent Jacob J. Chestnut Jr. in the process, the website says.
When shots rang out, the gunman ran toward a door that led into the office of then-Majority Leader Tom DeLay of Texas.
Detective John M. Gibson told his deputies to seek cover while he and the gunman exchanged shots.
Gibson was fatally injured during the shooting, but gave other police officers a chance to shoot down the gunman.
A tourist was also injured.
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Law enforcement officers described the attacker, who survived the attack, as an unstable individual who had also made threats against the Pentagon.
Days after the shooting, the House and Senate passed a resolution for a memorial service for officers in the Capitol Rotunda.
On April 22, 1999, a federal judge ruled that the assailant suffered from mental illness and could not be tried.
A successful coup in 1898
The Aftermath of the 1898 Race Riots in Wilmington, North Carolina, from the Library of Congress.
There was a successful coup in US history, but it was a local insurrection in a North Carolina city, not the nation's capital.
When members of the Fusion Party took office in Wilmington, North Carolina, in 1898, white residents of the port city were not happy to be represented by black businessmen and their white allies, according to the William Madison Randall Library of the University of North Carolina at Wilmington.
This led to America's only successful coup on November 10, 1898, when a group of armed white men attacked and killed black citizens throughout the city.
The mob was led by a group of powerful community leaders known as the Nine Secrets, according to the library's online guide to the coup.
